A First Class graduate of the Nigerian Law School has recounted how his moment of joy was tainted with pain after allegedly being brutalised and unlawfully detained by officers of the Nigerian Police Force, Makinde Division, Oshodi, Lagos State, for being out “late at night.”
In a detailed account shared online, the victim said the incident occurred in the early hours of July 7, 2025, when he, his brother, and three female friends were returning from an event.
According to him, they parked their vehicle at a nearby church where they pay monthly and were trekking home when a group of officers, led by one Officer Samson, stormed the area in a Hilux vehicle and descended on them without explanation.
“We told them we were just heading home, but they wouldn’t listen,” he wrote. “It felt like a competition to see who could beat us most before throwing us into the back of their Hilux.”
The victim said one of their female friends was slapped and left bleeding through her nose, while another’s phone was smashed and seized after being beaten.
He added that all attempts to know their offence were met with the response: “Late night.”
He claimed they were detained at Makinde Police Station for about eight hours despite repeated pleas that he had a scheduled trip to Abuja for his Call to Bar ceremony.
“I was going to Abuja for my Call to Bar. I kept telling them, but Officer Samson kept threatening to deal with us,” he wrote. “The pain in my chest was unbearable. I was calling the police officer from inside the cell before I was eventually brought to the counter.”
He alleged that their ordeal didn’t end there, as the female detainees were forced to sweep police offices and were later labelled “miscreants” before being moved to Bolade Mobile Court, where their names and particulars were recorded without trial.
“They didn’t allow us to read anything before taking us to Bolade. We were locked up again till 3pm, on empty stomachs,” he said.
The law graduate added that he was still nursing chest pain when he was called to the Nigerian Bar on July 10, 2025, describing the day as one of mixed emotions.
“My day of joy was a day of pain,” he wrote. “Not because God didn’t crown my efforts—I graduated with a First Class—but because of what the Nigerian Police did to me just days before.”
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